Stainless Steel High Speed Flexible Disc Coupling

flexible disc coupling

The primary purpose of couplings is to join two pieces of rotating equipment while permitting some degree of misalignment or end movement or both. By careful selection, installation and maintenance of couplings, substantial savings can be made in reduced maintenance costs and downtime.

Shaft couplings are used in machinery for several purposes. The most common of which are the following.

To provide for the connection of shafts of units that are manufactured separately such as a motor and generator and to provide for disconnection for repairs or alterations.

To provide for misalignment of the shafts or to introduce mechanical flexibility.

To reduce the transmission of shock loads from one shaft to another.

To introduce protection against overloads.

To alter the vibration characteristics of rotating units.

To connect driving and the driven part

To transfer power one end to another end.(ex: motor transfer power to pump through coupling)

Disc couplings transmit torque from a driving to a driven bolt tangentially on a common bolt circle. Torque is transmitted between the bolts through a series of thin, stainless steel discs assembled in a pack. Misalignment is accomplished by deforming of the material between the bolts.